Download or read book Charlotte NC written by William Graves and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapid evolution of Charlotte, North Carolina, from “regional backwater” to globally ascendant city provides stark contrasts of then and now. Once a regional manufacturing and textile center, Charlotte stands today as one of the nation's premier banking and financial cores with interests reaching broadly into global markets. Once defined by its biracial and bicultural character, Charlotte is now an emerging immigrant gateway drawing newcomers from Latin America and across the globe. Once derided for its sleepy, nine-to-five “uptown,” Charlotte's center city has been wholly transformed by residential gentrification, corporate headquarters construction, and amenity-based redevelopment. And yet, despite its rapid transformation, Charlotte remains distinctively southern—globalizing, not yet global. This book brings together an interdisciplinary team of leading scholars and local experts to examine Charlotte from multiple angles. Their topics include the banking industry, gentrification, boosterism, architecture, city planning, transit, public schools, NASCAR, and the African American and Latino communities. United in the conviction that the experience of this Sunbelt city—center of the nation's fifth-largest metropolitan area—offers new insight into today's most pressing urban and suburban issues, the contributors to Charlotte, NC: The Global Evolution of a New South City ask what happens when the external forces of globalization combine with a city's internal dynamics to reshape the local structures, landscapes, and identities of a southern place.
Download or read book Charlotte Region Census Tracts 1990 written by Charlotte Chamber of Commerce (Charlotte, N.C.) and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Census tracts for Charlotte urban region including the following counties from North Carolina: Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan, Stanly, and Union ; from South Carolina: Lancaster, and York.
Download or read book Charlotte and the Carolina Piedmont written by Thomas W. Hanchett and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Charlotte and the Carolina Piedmont, historians Tom Hanchett and Ryan Sumner have adapted their award-winning exhibit, "Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers: Charlotte and the Carolina Piedmont in the New South," into an insightful collection of photographs that allows readers to interpret the history of the Charlotte region not as a sequence of events, but as a rich tapestry of diverse experiences. Through a multitude of voices and perspectives, the book presents an engaging and intimate history, highlighting both ordinary and extraordinary people's stories that reflect the experience of the Charlotte region. Charlotte and the Carolina Piedmont depicts the African-American experience from Emancipation to Civil Rights, the changing roles of southern women, the causes and consequences of industrialization, and the evolving character of life in the urban and rural South.
Download or read book Charlotte Region written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kannapolis North Carolina written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Essential Guide to Charlotte Real Estate written by Anna Granger and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-11 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, fourteen award-winning local leaders in real estate and associated industries give an overview of the Charlotte, North Carolina real estate market and provide advice on buying, selling, financing, improving and investing in residential properties in the area. Anna Granger discusses buying and selling real estate in the South Charlotte area, a large, popular area with lots of shopping and a wide variety of residential neighborhoods. Andy Reynolds covers the Lake Wylie area, a large recreational lake with many residential neighborhoods, just adjacent to Charlotte on the Southwest boundary and along the border with South Carolina. Sam Grogan provides advice on buying and selling luxury properties in the Charlotte region, from Uptown/Center City to the lakes and to the luxury developments in the southern sections of the city. Amber Garchar discuses buying and selling real estate at Lake Norman, the largest man-made lake in North Carolina, and surrounding towns, with many residential neighborhoods, just North of Charlotte. Chris Bonnefoux covers Uptown Charlotte, with dozens of high-rise condominium buildings, all within walking distance of the 100,000 jobs and numerous sports and entertainment venues and restaurants in Center City. Brad Roche discusses residential property financing and shows how to save money when purchasing or refinancing a property. Lisa Archer provides advice on selling and buying homes throughout the greater Charlotte region, along with some programs to help local heroes. Darin Brockelbank discusses improving your property with outdoor living spaces and offers advice on selecting a reliable contractor to handle the construction and maintenance. Linda Beverley and Leslie J. Dale cover investing in residential real estate in the Charlotte area and offer advice to new investors as well as to investors new to the area. Kim and Dick York discuss buying and selling real estate in the rapid growing Greater Northeast Charlotte area, that includes the UNCC area and parts of both Mecklenburg and Cabarrus Counties. Brenda Thompson provides advice on buying and selling unique properties in the Western North Carolina Mountains, about two hours to the West of Charlotte. Mike Waite offers advice on how to select a residential remodeling contractor, reducing both your risk and your stress. For many years Charlotte, North Carolina has been among the top five fastest-growing major cities in the United States. The estimated population according to the U.S. Census Bureau was 810,000 as of 2014, making Charlotte the 17th largest city in the United States and second largest in the Southeast, based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2014 population of approximately 2.4 million. The Charlotte region's growth has been stimulated by a great business climate, attracting many Fortune 500 Company Headquarters and other major business operations to the area. It is the second largest banking center in the United States after New York City. Charlotte has a true four-season climate, without extremely cold or hot weather. It is midway between the mountains and the beach and the area has an abundance of recreational opportunities for everyone. Sports fans have a lot to choose from including the NFL Carolina Panthers, the NBA Charlotte Hornets, major NASCAR races, PGA golf championships and major college sports. Royalties from sales of this book are being donated to The Humane Society of Charlotte. Since 1978 the Humane Society of Charlotte has been a community resource committed to improving the lives of companion animals through adoption, spay/neuter and education. The vision of The Humane Society is for all companion animals to one day live in a community full of care and compassion without the fear of being unwanted.
Download or read book The Impact of Motorsports on North Carolina and the Greater Charlotte Region written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Urban transportation in the Charlotte North Carolina urban region written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legacy Three Centuries of Black History in Charlotte North Carolina written by Pamela Grundy and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories told by many generations of Charlotte's African American residents mingle strength and hardship, accomplishment and setback, joy and pain. Through slavery, through war, through Jim Crow segregation and into the 21st century Black residents from all walks of life have played essential roles in making Charlotte the city it is today. Everyone needs to know this history.
Download or read book North Carolina Architecture written by Catherine W. Bishir and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-03-19 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This award-winning, lavishly illustrated history displays the wide range of North Carolina's architectural heritage, from colonial times to the beginning of World War II. North Carolina Architecture addresses the state's grand public and private buildings that have become familiar landmarks, but it also focuses on the quieter beauty of more common structures: farmhouses, barns, urban dwellings, log houses, mills, factories, and churches. These buildings, like the people who created them and who have used them, are central to the character of North Carolina. Now in a convenient new format, this portable edition of North Carolina Architecture retains all of the text of the original edition as well as hundreds of halftones by master photographer Tim Buchman. Catherine Bishir's narrative analyzes construction and design techniques and locates the structures in their cultural, political, and historical contexts. This extraordinary history of North Carolina's built world presents a unique and valuable portrait of the state.
Download or read book The Ragged Ones written by Burke Davis and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novel covering the last years of the American Revolution.
Download or read book A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina written by Catherine W. Bishir and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central North Carolina boasts a rich and varied architectural landscape. This richly illustrated guide offers a fascinating look at the Piedmont's historic architecture, covering more than 2,000 sites in 34 counties. 535 illustrations.
Download or read book Ghost Stories of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County written by Stephanie Burt Williams and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bustling metropolis of Charlotte is constantly growing and changing. Yet there are spirits from the past that refuse to give way to modern growth, or to be forgotten. The ghost of a Confederate officer, complete with his wooden leg, still appears at historic Cedar Grove. A longdead fireman continues to hang around his old station, and even changes clothes there. At the venerable Manor Theater, the spirit of a former manager often materializes late at night; he sometimes helps with the sweeping. A deceased bootlegger still tries to produce alcohol for his customers. And one small Charlotte house is so haunted that a former resident describes the interior as liquid black, which absorbs even light. Despite the Queen City's long and rich history, until now there has been no published collection of ghost stories from the region. These 19 tales gathered by Stephanie Burt Williams, and enhanced by her superb photographs, were worth the wait.
Download or read book Charlotte N C Urbanized Area written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Charlotte NC written by William Graves and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapid evolution of Charlotte, North Carolina, from “regional backwater” to globally ascendant city provides stark contrasts of then and now. Once a regional manufacturing and textile center, Charlotte stands today as one of the nation’s premier banking and financial cores with interests reaching broadly into global markets. Once defined by its biracial and bicultural character, Charlotte is now an emerging immigrant gateway drawing newcomers from Latin America and across the globe. Once derided for its sleepy, nine-to-five “uptown,” Charlotte’s center city has been wholly transformed by residential gentrification, corporate headquarters construction, and amenity-based redevelopment. And yet, despite its rapid transformation, Charlotte remains distinctively southern—globalizing, not yet global. This book brings together an interdisciplinary team of leading scholars and local experts to examine Charlotte from multiple angles. Their topics include the banking industry, gentrification, boosterism, architecture, city planning, transit, public schools, NASCAR, and the African American and Latino communities. United in the conviction that the experience of this Sunbelt city—center of the nation’s fifth-largest metropolitan area—offers new insight into today’s most pressing urban and suburban issues, the contributors to Charlotte, NC: The Global Evolution of a New South City ask what happens when the external forces of globalization combine with a city’s internal dynamics to reshape the local structures, landscapes, and identities of a southern place.
Download or read book The Charlotte Area Report written by Bea Quirk and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Edible North Carolina written by Marcie Cohen Ferris and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2022-03-10 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcie Cohen Ferris gathers a constellation of leading journalists, farmers, chefs, entrepreneurs, scholars, and food activists—along with photographer Baxter Miller— to offer a deeply immersive portrait of North Carolina's contemporary food landscape. Ranging from manifesto to elegy, Edible North Carolina's essays, photographs, interviews, and recipes combine for a beautifully revealing journey across the lands and waters of a state that exemplifies the complexities of American food and identity. While North Carolina's food heritage is grounded in core ingredients and the proximity of farm to table, this book reveals striking differences among food-centered cultures and businesses across the state. Documenting disparities among people's access to food and farmland—and highlighting community and state efforts toward fundamental solutions—Edible North Carolina shows how culinary excellence, entrepreneurship, and the struggle for racial justice converge in shaping food equity, not only for North Carolinians, but for all Americans. Starting with Vivian Howard, star of PBS's A Chef's Life, who wrote the foreword, the contributors include Shorlette Ammons, Karen Amspacher, Victoria Bouloubasis, Katy Clune, Gabe Cumming, Marcie Cohen Ferris, Sandra Gutierrez, Tom Hanchett, Michelle King, Cheetie Kumar, Courtney Lewis, Malinda Maynor Lowery, Ronni Lundy, Keia Mastrianni, April McGreger, Baxter Miller, Ricky Moore, Carla Norwood, Kathleen Purvis, Andrea Reusing, Bill Smith, Maia Surdam, and Andrea Weigl.
